American Experience: The Nuremberg Trials

Synopsis

One journalist described it as a chance "to see justice catch up with evil." On November 20, 1945, the twenty-two surviving representatives of the Nazi elite stood before an international military tribunal at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany; they were charged with the systematic murder of millions of people. The ensuing trial pitted U.S. chief prosecutor and Supreme Court judge Robert Jackson against Hermann Göring, the former head of the Nazi air force, whom Adolf Hitler had once named to be his successor. Jackson hoped that the trial would make a statement that crimes against humanity would never again go unpunished. Proving the guilt of the defendants, however, was more difficult than Jackson anticipated. This American Experience production draws upon rare archival material and eyewitness accounts to recreate the dramatic tribunal that defines trial procedure for state criminals to this day.

Main Cast

Joe Morton

Narrator (voice)

Age : 76 | Popularity : 24%

Walter Cronkite

Self

Age : 92 | Popularity : 4%

Hermann Göring

Self (archival footage)

Age : 53 | Popularity : 5%

William Jackson

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Chris Dodd

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Michael Kloft
Production	Producer	Michael Kloft
	Researcher	Frank Gensthaler
	Consulting Producer	David Espar
	Production Manager	Katrin Steuder
	Executive Producer	Dirk Pommer
Crew	Cinematography	Jan Kerhart
	Post Production Supervisor	Greg Shea Glenn Fukushima
Editing	Editor	David Espar Monika Finneisen
Sound	Sound Mixer	John Jenkins
	Music	Hubert Bittman
Department	Role	Name

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